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PURE Banned
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I'm not sure how interested everyone is in the good bye of Flashback. However, I went by the park today to see what kind of destruction was being done on Flashback for those who were interested and wanted photos. It was really hard to find a couple good angles of the ride, I hadn't noticed how it had become so hard to get photos of it recently.
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| Everything looks pretty normal on this side. |
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| Here you can see the dip before the lift has been removed. Lift chain is also hanging. |
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| And the total amount of construction as of 2 PM Friday. They were basically cutting pieces and letting them drop. You could hear the heavy metal bouncing off other still existing parts of the ride, it was a pretty cool sight to see. |
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| Kind of a bad view, but it gives you an idea how they're taking it apart. As you can tell from the photos, this is no disassembly. Flashback will be scrap metal. You can also tell Viper has been painted, as well as part of X's turnaround. Part of the lift has been painted as well, but they got a long way to go. |
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| This photo was to show the inside of the spine. Kind of hard to see, however in person you could tell it was hallow. The rail support triangles stopped on the outside of the spine, welding was only done on the outside as well. |
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| This is from right in front of the metal detectors. Soon this will be a shot of Goliath, and Flashback won't be in the way. Hope this satisfied those wanting to see what was going on! |
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| CP_RULES Only 1/2 CP fanboy
Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Total posts: 1410 Location: Columbia, Missouri <Stuck between WOF and SFStL> Age: 17 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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SWEET! Thanks for the pics PURE.
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coasterdude5 Randomness
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Whoa, it's coming down fast! I guess you can see this as an improvement for the park. Depends which way you look at it.
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| RIP Psyclone Banned
Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Total posts: 1262 Location: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Age: 29 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Back when it was still intact:
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| What's that next to the shed behind Flashback? |
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| I see you, hiding Metro trains! (And you Flashback train in the shed!) |
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| robbalvey Site Admin
Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Total posts: 18525 Location: So Cal Age: 39 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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That shed was actually the old queue building for Flashback! I totally stood in that building during the opening summer of that ride.
It later became fluffy, fluffy bunnies filled with medicine and goo and then even later became storage.
Hopefully it will all become Hurricane Harbor expansion! That would kick A$$!
--Robb
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| EBL TPR's Olden Goldie
Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Total posts: 6957 Location: Camarillo, CA (Ventura County) Age: 50 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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^ I remember waiting almost an hour in there for a ride on Flashback. What was I thinking?
But thanks for the destruction pictures. I can go to bed happy.
Eric
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| coasterjunkie91350 Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Total posts: 363 Location: canyon country ca Age: 28 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Glad you guys got the photos up I did take a walk back there during my lunch and saw the cut pieces in a big pile over by the gate that goes into the HH picnic area so its so awsome up close.alot of kids got scared of the noise in bbw 
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| RIP Psyclone Banned
Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Total posts: 1262 Location: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Age: 29 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| robbalvey wrote: | That shed was actually the old queue building for Flashback! I totally stood in that building during the opening summer of that ride.
It later became fluffy, fluffy bunnies filled with medicine and goo and then even later became storage.
Hopefully it will all become Hurricane Harbor expansion! That would kick a$$!
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Oh yes! I do remember the covered queue now. I rode it right after it opened in '92 as well. I remember coke machines along one side, yes? I seem to remember fluffy, fluffy bunnies filled with medicine and goo as well but I guess those came later, like you said.
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| TW4ever1978 I Guess Donkeys Are Okay
Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Total posts: 4 Location: Evanston IL Age: 54 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Flashback originally opened in 1985 at Six Flags Great America as "Z-Force". While it was there (1985-1987) it was one of my favorite coasters, full of surprises and never disappointing. My favorite thing about it was the phenomenal upward helix at the end of the ride. I also got to ride it at Six Flags Over Georgia in 1990, and felt it had lost nothing. But, when riding it in 1998 at Magic Mountain, it had fallen into a sad state of disrepair. It was so rough it bore no resemblance to its original incarnation. If Magic Mountain had no intention of keeping the ride running well, then it is a good thing it is being dismantled. But, I cannot help but think that if it had found its way back to Gurnee, IL, we could have restored it and kept a totally unique attraction.
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| TheRapidsNerd Mullets never go out of style!
Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Total posts: 2291 Location: World of Warcrack...er Warcraft Age: 34 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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PURE and RIP Psyclone, thanks for the pics. Always thought this ride was kind of cool. Anybody know if there's a PoV vid floating around (other than possible YouTube)?
Hope MM puts a Deluge or something else cool in it's place.
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